Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
Set to take the two-day metropolitan jamboree by storm, Duran Duran have been announced as the headline Common People 2016, topping the bill at Southampton Common on Sunday 29th May. Common People head honcho Rob da Bank says: “So, we were already off to a flyer with Common People selling out last year, announcing a second site this […]
Mary had a little lamb – now Sparsholt College is having hundreds. Lambing at Sparsholt comes earlier than on most farms, with the first raft of lambs due in January. The College will be hosting its annual lambing weekend on 30-31 January to share this magical experience with the community. The College’s big barn doors […]
Winchester City Council is collecting evidence to inform the next steps for the development of its busy programme of markets. The markets have been a huge hit with visitors and with many regular shoppers. Since their introduction to the High Street in 2010, the presentation, line-up and location of the stalls has continued to evolve. […]
Whitchurch-based Multi-award winning designer Sarah Eberle will be creating a floating river garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower show in May. Inspired by the floating gardens in the silk weaving region of Cambodia and the Mekong River, this garden will be largely made up of water with a small deck leading to a ‘floating’ lounger styled […]
21 year old Jamie Butterworth has become a Royal Horticultural Society Ambassador and join luminaries such Alan Titchmarsh and Mary Berry who were respectively the 1st and most recently appointed RHS Ambassadors. Jamie is the Joint Show Plant Manager at Hortus Loci and joined the award winning trade nursery last year after 2 years at […]
The Great Waste is now offering a mini-version of the Trash to Treasure exhibition that brought in 4,000 visitors to Winchester Discovery Centre earlier this year. The exhibition features vibrant panels of information and images of items made from waste from around the world and a selection of actual objects made by resourceful recyclers. Chris […]
Staff and students at Sparsholt College are excited at the arrival of Mya, an 18 month old red panda, who is taking up residence this week in the College’s Animal Management Centre. Mya joins the College’s impressive collection of more than 1000 animals from 200 species and takes up home in the Red Panda enclosure […]
The Watercress Company (TWC) has committed to a three-year sponsorship of the county’s local food group, Hampshire Fare. The company wanted to show its support for the invaluable work of the food group while it is investing further resources into its Hampshire side of the business. Watercress has been grown commercially in Hampshire since the […]
Sparsholt College Hampshire will be launching a new Access to Land-Based Higher Education course at its next open day on Saturday 14 November 10.00am to 2.00pm. The one year course is designed for adult learners (19+ years of age) who want to study a Land-based course at degree level but do not currently have the […]
A University of Southampton musician is helping stage national awards celebrating composition and early music. Elizabeth Kenny, one of Europe’s leading lutenists and Head of Early Music at Southampton, along with her ensemble Theatre of the Ayre, are partnering with The National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) and BBC Radio 3 to present the 2016 […]
